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Anyone_ knowing the wheree
abouts bt `ile Heli should
get in .touch with . the
Wingham tOWn police. Deb,
who, has been missing
since last Thursday evening,
hasblue eyes, blonde hair, is
five feet six Inches tall, and
Weighs about 130 lbs. She was
last seen wearing blue lean,
a .light greenpullovers sweat-
er, a :chivy blue .Iacket and
Purple. shoes with high soles.
Fkremte
answer two alb,
Tiro alarms were ansxw erettby
the Wingham Fiire. Department.
on: Saturday: The first, at Cleg„
horn's Auto Wreckers at 12:15
wasp _turned .in by neigh-
boring residents when a, Car ;body.
which had been cut in fall' at the
Wreelterstr leaked'g ►l ' +de .
•wa no fire and ' fsiremen
tetnined to the Station.
':Just befo re8;p.m.,anot e
alirm sent tee de0ortiOent
Levi C'lear's: place itart.Bliidevtde»
A car fire was almost out when
the Wingham firemen arrived.
The resulting damage was negli-
gible.
Separate School boar
to renew 5eaforth lease
. ,
The Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic Separate Sal Board
will accept the one -Year renewal
Privilege in the CUrrent kO2S3 fox
boa a,(lic'e do ri'v'io:ua Street on
*dont u4 L.Q ni to cameo •�1� !La
u° mews' zt the enol f. man
1974.
Trustee Joseph—hr of,D.
Presented the recorujen tuid,
at the board meeting in Seafortla
last week for the lease renewal
with R. SeBoxof Seater*, the
landloicd on thesame terms and
eonditions. The hoard, also ,ap-
proved the recommendation that
an option for the renewal for One
additional year, be requested'
from. Mr. Box, The rental fee a-
mounts to.4390 per month.
Mrs... Anne Thompson of Strat4
ford, was hired (halftime) for the
kindergarten, class at St. \Pat-.
rick's School in Kinkora'.
Trustee Gordon. Bali of St.
Marys reported the sewer .outlet
to Holy Name of Mary School in
St.. Marys had been completed
but the exact cost will not be
wn until the bill is received. It
had.
been
estimated co
itni ted tocost
sf9,2"91-
with board paying 50 per cent of
construction costs.
Trustee 'Howard Shantz' of
Stratford, chairman of the ad hoc
building projects committee, re-
ported the construction of the
addition to Holy Name of; Mary
School in St. Marys costing
$315,000 is going along smoothly,
the workbeing ahead of ,schedule.
Mr. Shantz said he believed the
construction of the addition atft.
Aloysius School m Stratford,
Coding :about $200,900 10„ behind
Schedule. The board will mite, to
the architects, Kyles, Kyles. and
Garratt..of Stratford , e r iliag
displeasure With the: slow pro-
gress and saying that they hope
the architect will pursue . this
matter on behalf of the board.
,The architect,will be asked to re-
pOrt tett*hoard by August gust 10 on
progress being made.
Tutee P. J. Vere of Stratford,
chairman of the finance and in'
5 4 CO 'eomm*ttee, ,handed. out
r
lu� Lance meets as of May 31 and
uncut will be discussed at next
ecE?eavag on -August 20.
The board approved the agree-
"Tart ProPoSal for use otSt.. Mich-
oePQ School Syrm.. nasiunl in Strat-
ford Lflreturn for the use of swim-
, ; faeilities at the Vm"YfiVCA
in >Stratford. Fourteen of the 19
.separateSehoala in Huron and
Perth Counties use the "Y' pool.
Swimming is taught' to the Grade
4 'classes in' these schools. They
receive ten hours of sv+ mama
instruction over a ten week per-
iod: Of the 14 schools there are 18
• class in Grade 4, amounting to
180 hours at $19 per hour for .a
total of $3420.
YMg''WCA time at St. Mich-
ael's for various gym activities,
amounts to 408 hour's at $6.00 per
hour for .a total of $2, s s•s.
• Trussimbalance amounting to
3 Y favour o
..
n fthe
.�.
�o Perth
Hun n
Separate Se
1?a a School Board is waived
in that terms•were arranged mut-
ually and beforehand to the satis-
faction of the board and YM-
YWc.
Joseph okar, assistant
superintende"::t of education, re-
ported a Fetter had been received
from the co-ordinator . 'of the
Urban -Rural Exchange where 12
to 15year old students from the
city will spend one week on. farms
in July or August, followed' by a..
week-long visit with the "city fain-
ily for the rural boy or girls. The
co-ordinator, . Miss Diane Fines,
thanked the staffs of the separate
scho 1 > '
hdoo ssa for their • interest and
kindness in permitting her to
meet with the students to discuss
the program in the spring.
John Vintar; superintendent of
education, said he hops enough
gut business in half'
t._ ji
e
w
,e.
forfr
safety
thee did scaler escape..
"We Issued summons to cars
which we felt might be unsafe all
over town and up to two weeks
prior to the check point being. set
up. Also if a car isn't •safe it's in
the driver's interest to have it
checked out." `
Chief Miller also noted that it
would have been impossible to
change the location thisyear
since the ministry would have
had to have been notified in ad-
vance and not after the checks
were underway. Also any alter-
nate location would have requir-
ed the Public Utilities Commis- '
sion 'to set up another power
a'
Vf gistry of .rail
Communieati s 'last week` was
the adverse effect It had 'on bus-
mess establishments located
nearby:.
Fear on the part of some mot
orists driving cars which they felt
might have been forced to go
through the checks kept them
from the area of Alfred and Jose-
phine
. Streets where the ministry
had set up .its equipment.
Bill Bain, the new owner of the
Wingham Fruit. Market found
that his sales had dropped to
about hall as a result of the
checks. Mr. Bain who talked with
Mayor DeWitt Miller, several
councillors and the Wingham
Town, Police was informed that
since there had never been com-
plaints before no one was aware
of the problem.
Police Chief Miller said, "We
have never had complaints be-
fore and we've always set the
safety checks in the same plate
but now that we're aware of the
problem we can try and find a
better Ideation next year."
Chief Miller also pointed out
ALONG THE MAIN DRAG
By The Pedestrian
LOCATION TRANSPLANT—.
Flower lovers will note that the
Wingham Horticultural Society
Will be staging. Its annual flower.
show on Saturday, August 18, at 3
p.m. Of special interest is the fact
that this year the show will be
held at the Masonic Hall, not the,
public school as in other years.
This is a big day for all those who
have green thumbs and those who
wish they had; a display of
matchless beauty perfntion.
HAVE YOU NOTICED? ---
`There is no excuse now for
getting lost on our town streets,
with the new signs placed on the
corners indicating the names of
the streets. The new crewmen -
green signs are a sparkling
change from the older dark blue
models and certhinly a lot easier
to see at night.
MIs '1WO WEEK
Please bear in mind that there
will be ne AdvaneTimes for the
next two weekss. Since the office
will he dosed from Aug. a to 18 in-
.clussive there won't be mih point
;in calling up to give the publisher
blue blazes &vase yi ur paper
;felled to arrive. Just spend your
brae *Ming about how horrible
It`d be if you never got MAW,
1,1T,CO„Prs the ministry's -
mt�
"Re added thaa ' ' suggestion . uggest><on 1}e
had been given to use the town
hall as a location was completely
oat 'of the questionsince that is a
fire route and can't be blocked.
John King, who operates the
service station on the corner of
Alfred and Josephine Streets, ac-
ross from the Wingham Fruit
Market, agreed that the checks
definitely hurt business. He com-
mented that he hadn't complain-
ed before as he felt it wouldn't
have done any good.
The safety' checks,were in
operation . for five dys, from
Monday till Friday noon of last
week.
school hoard ' will the
Ontario Sebeoi Trustees Calocill
resolution which calls fa. swoon
of the private tnealssber'sis kW 0143
with * view to having the fadwal
governnlent enact. it. Th. beard
did .approve the bill which will
give school. boards .a free hand,
without cost, in the use of a-
tional material produced or Me ed by the CBC. It.would Moan a
saving to school boards and oho a
recognition of trustee stxewittb.
• The ,board authorized 'Magee
Ted ,Geoffrey to arrange for the
loon of chairs from St, Sonlisce
School in Zurich to the Zurich
Minor Hockey Association for .a
program on August 25, probing
the, chairs are returned in ood
condition and it does not interfere
with the janitor's .work.
Reporting for the iransp a -
tion Committee, Trustee Francis
Hicknell of RR 5, ,Seeaforth, said
that the drivers of the six board
owned buses would continue'for
the 1973.74 term .except for Bill
Baechler of Zurich, Whop resign-
ed.
Mr. Hicknell reported the
Ki
-
gain Brothers of St. Marys will
operate the board -owned bola in
that town.
Speaking for the personnel
committee, Trbstee Vincent
Young of Goderich said his com-
mittee had had an informal meet-
ing With the custodians' com-
mittee to discuss various mat-
ters. Mr. Young called'it.a "com-
munication meeting". ' The " con-
tract withthe custodians : of
expire until next June,
Oscar Kieffer of Bluevale,
chairman of thebuilding-F:0th
erty committee; .repose repairs
to the roof of St. Colophon sac of
had cost :$5,977. Mi. Kieffer said
tenders had been called for the
supply of fuel oil for the .v'arletls
schools using it.
Mr. Kieffer said the csssuln-
icipal-provinctial winter woks
incentive program had•amounted
to $11,239.66 to the board,- with an
actual cost to the board of
for materials.
` Yin !'in r. s is
- mmI�tt
Mitllitrk i 1
dealt
study the 'innproved curriculum
for French instruction to Eitlish-
speaking' students,: In° September
the Board' will:'be asked'. to say
whether it thinks the'•alms and
objectives of the course are being
met and if the money is well
spent.
A YOUNG AUDIENCE anxiously awaits th+ . start of
"Tongue Tied Tales" in the town hall Thursday evening.
The musical put on by the "Stratford Youth Theatre was oris -
Roller
cause three lnjuri
!tina- mis
Roller skating accidents . acs°
counted for three of the injuries
treated by the emergency
department of the Wingham and
District Hospital ° last week.
On Wednesday, July 25,:Jeanne
Reid, age 15, 4ut Lucltnow, fen
while roller, skating fracturing
,her right first finger. She was
treated and released.
Lorraine MVfacDonald, 16, RR 3
Goderich was treated for a lac-
erated left elbow after a fall while
skating at the Luclsnow Arena on
• Friday, Another roller skating i
.victim that evening was Marilyn
Murray, age 14, Rll 3 'Holyrood
who fractured her left first finer
*i�(Ai�'�doa.
_Mrs, Myra Pennington of of. "GV.#ngy;
hafn;Eobeadmitted to hospi �by
ion is listed as satisfactory.
A fall of about 20
face, arms and • legs. He was
treated and. released.
July 25, George
A. Thompson, RR 3 Wingham fell
while unloading garbage at the
Wingham dump lacerating both
arms.. He was treated and then
released.
On Thursday, Mrs. Ann Es-
kerod, Blyth, was treated for a
lacerated right first finger and
then released. Also on Thursday,
Jennifer Strong, Wingham was
treated for cat bites to her left
arm and allowed to •go home.
Mrs. Lois Wylde, Holyrood was
treated and later released after
suffering lacerations to her right
ssassrrrrn which she cut on glass last
Saturday.
Pattison of Blyth was -treated for
# partially amputated left first
finger and lacerated second left
at; thelessaine ar i.
ac
a feet from a
beam in a barn sent Beverley
Merrick, Wingham, 18, to . hos-
pital with back injuries Sunday.
Her condition is now satisfactory.
On Sunday, July 22, David Lin-
ton, age 5, Gorrie, was riding a
bicycle when the brakes failed
and he went through an intersec-
tion,�lost control and fell on grav-
el causing multi -abrasions to
Miss Ruth T. Rushton of
Caledonia has been a recent
guest of Miss Lilla. Taylor of Pat-
rick Street East. Both Miss.
Rushton • and Miss Taylor were
former teachers on the public
school staff of Cambridge (Pres-
ton).
AN EXAMPLE OF "barn board"' painting by ton Vara a locust artist. ThIS form of paint -
draws its uniqueness_ from the artist'±t, ability to combine the naturalness of gild barn
board with a complenientar setting. This was the main attraction_ t ... ' art
Ya least week's
show.
ai
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n scheduled
Sc
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fOr'.. t
g Y ed oo! dgc>fls!
butweather • conditions
forced the per.formance,Inside, • (Staff Photo)
finger. after cutting his hand, on
an axe at bis home.
Three �r Sunday occident
victims'. were treated and, rel-
eased..Joseph Nicholson, RR
Bluevale partially :amputated his
left third finger when be caught it
in''a lawn °mower• at the home. of
Jack Nicholson. .
Kenneth Reinhart, age 15, RR 2
Mildmay, 'firactured his right
wrist when;a picnic table fell on 1t
at; the Mildmay .swin'iming ,pool
and Stephen Pico, age 5, RR. 2.•
Auburn had to have a fishhook
removed from his left thumb.
ambulance on Friday. Her co di -
On Wednesday,
On undo 10 ear -old David
practice in
Med. Centre
Dr. Ralph Hellens has joined
Dr. R. D. Wilkins and Dr: J.
Chong -Ping at the Wingham
Medical Centre, effective August.
1.
Dr. Hellens, a 1972 graduate of
the Faculty of Medicine, Univer-
sity of Western Ontario, did his
internship last year at St. Jos-
eph's Hospital in Hamilton.
Born in Kirkland Lake where
his father was a miner, Dr. Hel-
lens lived with his parents in sev-
eral small communities .in North-
ern Ontario and attended high
school in Elliot Lake where he
graduated as an Ontario Scholar.
After two years as an honors
science student at the University"
of Western Ontario, Dr. Hellens
entered medical school at the
university.
Dr. Hellens' northern Ontario
'upbringing is reflected in his hob-
bies and interests which tend to
be of the outdoor variety.
The `excellent medical setup
and facilities" played a large
part in Dr. Hellen' decision to
come to Wingham.
Wingham and Dist. Hosp.
earns achievernent award
Arnold Taylor, chairman of the
Safety, Fire and Disaster Com-
mittee at the Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital, has announced
that the hospital has received the
Ontario Hospital Association's
Accident Prevention Achieve-
ment Awaid. The award is pre-
sented by the association's Hos-
pital Accident Prevention
Department (HAPD) to the hos-
pitals with the lowest frequency
of lost time injuries among their
staff.
"We classify hospitals in seven
different categories, usually
based on hours worked annually,
and We present c awards to
those hospitals • in . the province
With the best safety records each
year," says Doug Callan, HAPD
manager, "that is, ten per cent of
those hospitals in each category
with the best record for safe
Operations in the year get the
award."
Mr. Callan adds, "Of the 133
hbapitals now participating in the
program, 17 have earned the
award so far this year, but all On-
tario hospitals and other health
care institutions are eligible for
it.
Chairman of the board of direc-
tors, Robert Ritter, congratu-
lates all the hospital's staff on
earning the Accident Prevention
Achievement Award. Accident
prevention exists on a very per-
sonal level and it's up to each
individual to ensure his own
safety and the safety of those
around him.
Mrs. I. E. Morrey, Adminis-
trator of the hospital, adds her
words of appreciation as she
states, "The staff of the Wingham
and District Hospital have
demonstrated great responsi-
bility, both individually and col-
lectively, in earning this award
and on behalf of the patients, the
community and the board of
directors I would like to add my
personal thanks and congratula-
tions."
DR. RALPH Hi:ELL E11(S, a 197' ,gr,aduate of the Fatuity of
Medicine at the: University,: of Western Ontarioi.offi cially°
opened his practice yesterday at the Wingham Medical;
Centre. (Staff Photo)'
fairytale, musical:,
delights children
There is no more critical au-
dience than children and yet they
can also be the most apprecia-
tive. Judging from the reaction of
over 100 children who attended
Thursday evening's performance
of "Tongue Tied Tales" in the
town hall one can offer nothing
but praise for the hour long mus-
• ical, and its. cast.
With the exception of a few
slow moments the otherwise
interesting and entertaining
fairytale production held a cap-
tive audience composed mostly of
young children.
Last minute difficulties failed
to impede the Stratford Youth
Theatre from performing their
production, "Tongue Tied
Tales", a musical fairytale writ-
ten by the group from a story by
Francois Rabelais, a mediaeval
monk.
Originally . e revue "Scandal
Walk" wa ,. -be performed by
the group in • iverside Park by
the swimming pool. However the
play, a revue of Canada during
the first half of the cent by was
not ready and then rain added the.
final touch preventing any out-
door performance.
The quick change to another
play and the move indoors to the
town hall took place without fall-
ing behind schedule. The musical
was a blessing in disguise as
those who turned out were almost
all children.
The acting from all members of
the cast was strong and there was
no difficulty in hearing or under-
standing the conversation or
singing.
Two members who came ac-
ross exceptionally well were Paul
Robertson playing a slow witted
and easily misled judge who is
eventually forgiven for his way-
ward actions and Lea Carroll
who, as an evil landlord, per-
formed well in the best Snidley
Whiplash tradition.
The group which has been per-
forming in several towns in .Wes-
tern Ontario held a dissscuion.
period after the show and Terry
Bryant who played a troubadour
gave an added musical number
on a request from the audience.
Report Iio.sh.g
development at
Pitcber's comer
Mrs. Jack Pitcher, who resides
at Morrisbank fir, Highway
86, says she has heard of birds
and cats being discovered under
car hoods, but her husband was
more than a little surprised when
he lifted the hood of their ear last
week and found that a groundhog
had taken up residence. The little
beast had gathered a huge pile of
grass and fashioned a nest atop
the radiator.
While he was attempting a fast
exit from his new home the
animal got himself lodged down
beside the motor, but a little urg-
ing from the rear with a stick
gave him the incentive for a last
desperate effort and he escaped
unharmed.
Mrs. Pitcher wanders if the dis-
covery might indicate some sort
of industrial Watergate. Shas
even considered the possibility
that the groundhog was in the pay
of the Ford people, since the car
happens to be a General Motors
product.
On the other hand, The Ad-
vance -Times wonders whether
Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher are entirely
in the near themselves. There
are lawns to cover eviction of a
tenant without adequate notice.
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